Emilita Villa, 26, was last seen alive on October 11, 1994, in Arlington, Texas. Born in Cebu, Philippines, she had moved to the United States after marrying Jack Reeves; the couple lived in Arlington and had a son. On the day she disappeared, Emilita ate lunch with friends and told them she planned to divorce Reeves because of his controlling behavior and sexual demands. She was never seen alive again.

Nearly a year later skeletal remains identified as Emilita’s were found in a shallow grave near Lake Whitney, Texas. Forensic testing, including diatoms in her lungs, indicated she had been drowned. That discovery prompted renewed scrutiny of Reeves’ past: two earlier wives had died under suspicious circumstances—Sharon Vaughn from a 1978 gunshot originally ruled a suicide, and Myong Hui Chong, who drowned in Lake Whitney in 1986 and was cremated without autopsy.

Reeves was arrested and charged in connection with Emilita’s death; in 1996 he was convicted of murdering Emilita and received a 99-year sentence. He had earlier been sentenced to 35 years for Vaughn’s death and remains a suspect in Chong’s death. Does anyone have information about Emilita’s life in Arlington or the days before October 11, 1994?